The Banquet
Year : 1991
Director : Alfred Cheung Joe Cheung Clifton Ko Tsui Hark
Cast
After the Yangtze River flooded in July of that year it was quickly filmed for a Hong Kong flood relief charity, A large ensemble of actors and crew worked on the film,
Special Appearance
Andy Lau as Presenter
Plot
Developer Tsang Siu-Chi (Eric Tsang) has bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung (Sammo Hung) has secured the other two properties. Both aim to buy all four so they can knock them down and build hotels.
The agent learns that billionaire Kuwait Princeis due to arrive in Hong Kong and advises Tsang that they could dupe him in order to gain a billion dollar contract. The prince’s father has recently died and the prince bitterly regrets that he wasn’t a good son.
The agent tells Tsang that he should make a show of the positive relationship he has with his father, to impress the prince. Unfortunately, Tsang has not seen his father for 10 years. In order to impress the prince, Tsang throws a banquet pretending that it is a birthday party for his father, which is the climax of the movie, and Andy Lau as TV presenters.